A former teacher named Mary Bee Cuddy and a claim jumper named George Briggs escort a group of troubled pioneer women across the American West in the 1850s to a sanitarium in the eastern United States.
A collection of autobiographical pieces by women of the contemporary West, reflecting on the joys and challenges of rural life and of their responsibilities as ranchers, farmers, teachers, and homemakers.
Hunter and trapper Hugh Glass, left for dead by his best friends after being mauled by a bear, not only survives, but returns with a vengeance and a new name--Lord Grizzly.
In 1847, when her mother's remarriage sends them on a difficult journey to California, Willow is swept overboard fording the South Platte River and must survive and search for her family.
Serious and dependable, Berta is very different from her pretty, outgoing sister, Glenna. This makes Berta sad and envious until she learns to accept and cherish her own uniqueness.
